Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1471 - 1480 of 2467 results for "Monetary"

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

Value in EM debt and bank loans for bond investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... won't dry up for at least two quarters and probably beyond. The Japanese government has pledged long-term support for monetary stimulus and the data coming out of the US is simply not strong enough to support a move on interest rates just yet."

Top-down approach wins in post-GFC world: Hexavest

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... in under-represented markets. The strategies have profited heavily from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's pledge of monetary support to the economy, for instance. However, Brunelle says the team is now taking money off the table as an increasing number ...

A lesson against austerity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... unmistakeable - indicating that 'Abenomics' is working and the government's 'three-arrows' - huge fiscal spending, large monetary stimulus and structural reforms - are hitting the right spot. Japanese household spending soared by 5.2% in the year to ...

Don't be disappointed if the ECB disappoints

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... bank alone, governments need to do their part". Yes folks, he asked governments to their part in repairing the broken monetary policy transmission mechanism - lower interest rates are not reaching the battered sovereigns that need them. What good would ...

Insto investors bullish on equities: EIU survey

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... increase in risk over the next 12 months. "Japanese bonds are particularly susceptible to the unwanted effects of looser monetary policies aimed at stimulating growth," researchers said. The BNY Mellon sponsored survey also showed that institutional ...

Three arrows hitting the spot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... emboldened action man BOJ Kuroda to do more potaytos. "Winning international understanding gives me more confidence to conduct monetary policy appropriately...We will continue our qualitative and quantitative easing for the next two years." That's one ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... 2,242.17. The yen added to gains made in New York on Friday after the Group of 20 economic powers agreed that Japan's huge monetary easing measures unveiled this month were necessary to boost the country's stagnant economy. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index ...

May's not far away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... sell and go away. And right on cue, the financial news are getting gloomier. We've already touched on the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) downgrade of global economic growth from 3.3% to 3.5%, China's disappointing 7.7% GDP scorecard in the first ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and the Conference Board. Sentiment had already been downcast after the International Monetary Fund slashed its growth forecasts earlier in the week. "Stocks have been under pressure throughout the session as investors ...